It is worth noting that in this year's UEFA Champions League, the momentum of the Premier League team has not decreased, following last season's three Premier League teams advanced to the knockout rounds, and the Champions League final staged a strong duel between Premier League giants Manchester City and Chelsea, this season is the four Premier League teams advanced to the knockout rounds, and three Premier League teams are ranked first in the group. Meanwhile, three teams from La Liga advanced, two each from Serie A and the Portuguese Premier League, and one each from Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, Dutch and Superliga. As teams from the same league will not meet in the knockout rounds, the situation for Premier League teams to advance to the last eight is also relatively favorable, and it seems that this year is another year for Premier League teams to shine in the Champions League.
The team that finishes third in their group will not be able to enter the UEFA Cup proper directly this year, but will have to play a play-off against the second-best team in their UEFA Cup group, with the winner advancing to the UEFA Cup round of 16. This will undoubtedly be a challenge for some of the teams that finished third in their UEFA Champions League groups, which include Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Porto, Sevilla, Atalanta, Zenit and Sergeant Tiraspol. Even strong teams like Barcelona and Dortmund may not even make it to the screening rounds of the UEFA Cup. The second group of the UEFA Cup is also full of strong teams in the top three of Serie A and top five of La Liga like Napoli, Real Sociedad and Real Betis. The slightest mistake could result in elimination.
In addition, the fourth team of the UEFA Champions League group will be directly eliminated, including AC Milan, Bruges, Besiktas, Shakhtar Donetsk Miners, Wolfsburg and other well-known teams will regret to bid farewell to this season's European competition. Among them, Milan, Wolfsburg, Bern youngsters and other teams are especially unfortunate, because the difference with the third place is only one point, which also reflects the intensity of the competition in each group. However, this is the charm of the Champions League, the more intense the game, the more fascinating.
